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December 09, 2019

Mexico may accept US steel trade rule, rejects aluminum

Mexico may accept U.S. requests for greater regional content on steel, as long as there is a five-year phase-in period.

December 09, 2019

Mexico recalls Argentina ambassador for alleged book theft

Mexico recalled its ambassador to Argentina after a video surfaced suggesting he may have tried to steal a book from a Buenos ...

December 08, 2019

Impeachment collides with funding deadline, testing Congress

The impeachment drama is dominating Washington, but leading figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still have their day ...

December 07, 2019

Evo Morales' party choosing candidates for Bolivia elections

With its top leader absent, the party of Evo Morales gathered Saturday in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba to start choosing ...

December 07, 2019

Lawsuit challenges speedy reviews of asylum claims

A new effort to speed up initial reviews of asylum claims to within three days denies asylum-seekers rights to consult ...

December 07, 2019

Trump to delay listing Mexican cartels as terrorist groups

President Donald Trump said Friday in a tweet that he will hold off on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist ...

December 06, 2019

Asylum-seekers who crossed in Arizona returned to Mexico

The U.S. government said Friday it had sent nine Venezuelans — including two families — back to Mexico after they tried to ...

December 06, 2019

Report: Teen who died in US custody unresponsive for hours

A flu-ridden 16-year-old from Guatemala writhed in agony inside a U.S. Border Patrol cell and collapsed on the floor where ...

December 06, 2019

US persuades judge to stop pro-Trump border wall group

The U.S. government persuaded a federal judge to prevent a private fundraising group from building its own wall next to the ...

December 05, 2019

US trade gap narrows as imports fall amid China conflict

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October as imports fell faster than exports. The politically sensitive trade gap with ...

December 04, 2019

Barr set for Mexican meetings as US seeks cartel crackdown

Attorney General William Barr will meet with Mexico’s president and law enforcement officials about one week after President ...

December 04, 2019

Texas judge orders border wall fundraiser not to build

A local judge in South Texas has ordered supporters of President Donald Trump not to build their planned private border wall ...

December 04, 2019

Mexican president prays with family of dead US dual citizens

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S.

December 04, 2019

Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights

Mexico’s president says he wants to fight drug cartels with “hugs, not bullets,” but after 23 people were killed in a weekend ...

December 04, 2019

Relatives of massacred Americans say Mexico needs help

Relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaughtered in northern Mexico last month said Tuesday that President Andrés Manuel ...

December 04, 2019

Asylum seekers jam US border crossings to evade Trump policy

For months, asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing their claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized ...

December 03, 2019

US court mulls bid to block border asylum policy

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday heard arguments on the Trump administration's ban on immigrants who didn't seek ...

December 02, 2019

Mexican border town gripped by fear after gunbattle kills 22

A small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday, gripped by fear after the killing of 22 people in a ...